Fiscal Year 2013

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on its identified top management challenges facing the Department in 2013, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, March 19, 2013. PDF (77K)

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on OIG recommendations that the Department has not yet implemented, Committee on Government Oversight and Government Reform, March 05, 2013. PDF (82K)

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on OIG work involving the definition of a credit hour before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher Learning and Workforce Training, U.S. House of Representatives, March 11, 2011. PDF (100K)

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on OIG audit of Ashford University before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, March 10, 2011. PDF (57K)

Fiscal Year 2010

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on OIG work involving proprietary postsecondary institutions before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, June 24, 2010. PDF (270K)

Statement of Inspector General Kathleen Tighe on standards for program length before the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, June 17, 2010. PDF (59K)

Fiscal Year 2009

Statement of Acting Inspector General Mary Mitchelson, before the
Committee on Education and Labor
Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
United States House of Representatives
, October 14, 2009. MS Word (73K), PDF (43K)

Fiscal Year 2007

Statement of Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr., entitled "Mismanagement and Conflicts of Interest in the Reading First Program," presented before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, April 20, 2007. MS Word (55K), PDF (32K)

Fiscal Year 2005

Statement of Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr., on the management and performance of the FFEL and Direct Loan programs, before the Government Reform Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, May 26, 2005 MS Word (113K), PDF (29K)

Statement of Deputy Inspector General Thomas A. Carter on the Effectiveness and Enforcement of Federal Anti-Fraud Laws at For-Profit (Proprietary) Institutions of Higher Education., Before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House of Representatives, March 1, 2005 MS Word, PDF (138K)

Statement of Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr. on the changes made to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, Management's Responsibility for Internal Control (A-123), Before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and Accountability Committee on Government Reform United States House of Representatives, February 16, 2005 MS Word, PDF [109k]

Fiscal Year 2003

Statement of the Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr. on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the Student Financial Assistance Programs within the Department of Education, before the House Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives, July 9, 2003. MS Word

Statement of Deputy Inspector General Thomas A. Carter on Recent Improvements of Financial Management Practices at the U.S. Department of Education, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House of Representatives, March 12, 2003 MS Word

Fiscal Year 2002

Statement of the Assistant Inspector General for Audit Services on how the Offices of Inspector General (OIG) meet their responsibilities to assure the quality of Single Audits performed under the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Reform, United States House of Representatives, June 26, 2002 MS Word

an update on the status of financial management at the Department of Education, before the Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House of Representatives, April 10, 2002. MS Word

on the top three management challenges facing the United States Department of Education, before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives, March 5, 2002.
MS Word

Fiscal Year 2001

on Select Education, Committee on Education and the Workforce, US House of Representatives, on the status of financial management at the Department of Education, Tuesday, July 24, 2001. PDF

before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, Committee on Education and the Workforce, US House of Representatives, on Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at 10:30 a.m, on H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001. PDF

before the Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and the Workforce, US House of Representatives, on the results of the FY 2000 Financial Statement Audit and other financial management challenges facing the Department of Education on April 3, 2001 PDF

Fiscal Year 2000

before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Education and the Workforce Regarding Financial Management and Computer Security at the Department of Education.on September 19, 2000 PDF

before the Task Force on Education, Committee on the Budget, US House of Representatives, on the Financial Management at the Department of Education on May 24, 2000 PDF

before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, US House of Representatives, on the FY 2001 budget request for the OIG on March 28, 2000 PDF

before the the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Education and the Workforce, US House of Representatives, on the Department of Education's and Student Financial Assistance's Consolidated Financial Statements Audit for FY 1999 and other related matters on March 1, 2000 PDF

before the Committee on Budget on Matters Relating to Management Challenges at the Department of Education on February 17, 2000 PDF [191K]

Fiscal Year 1999

before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Regarding Department of Education's Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 1998 and Related Financial Issues on December 6, 1999 PDF [411k]